黃國正(Guo-Jen Huang)

職稱：教授

研究室名稱：神經功能實驗室

最高學歷：Ph.D.

學校/國家：劍橋大學/英國

分機號碼：3802

電子郵件帳號： gjh30@mailcgu.edu.tw

個人網頁網址：

研究室現有： 博士後研究員   人

博士班研究生    人

碩士班研究生  人

專任研究助理    人

大學部專題生     人

研究方向及研究室特色：

人腦創造了許多高科技的產物，甚至建造了超級電腦，可是我們對自己腦是如何運作的卻依舊非常地模糊。揭開大腦是如何運作是一個令人著迷的問題，本實驗室目前的研究主題主要是專注在情緒焦慮，認知學習記憶，生理運動，腦創傷和腦中風方面。研究的方法主要是以小鼠的動物模式，來探討基因，腦神經細胞結構，生理賀爾蒙與動物行為，希望藉此來試著解開基因與神經的運作之謎。

目前實驗室的研究有以下幾個議題:

1) 個體成年後，腦中增生的新神經細胞其生理上的功能為何?
2) 運動如何讓腦神經細胞更健康，是透過如何機制？
3) 要如何讓年老的神經細胞年輕化？有哪些可能的候選因子？
4) 利用基因治療來修復腦創傷或是腦中風?

最近五年所發表論文：

Selected Publications:  (*corresponding author)     

1. Chen YJ, Deng SM, Chen HW, Tsao CH, Chen WT, Cheng SJ, Huang HS, Tan BC, Matzuk MM, Flint J, Huang GJ*. Follistatin mediates learning and synaptic plasticity via regulation of Asic4 expression in the hippocampus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 2021 Sep 28;118(39):e2109040118.

2. Eu WZ, Chen YJ, Chen WT, Wu KU, Tsai CY, Cheng SJ, Carter R, Huang GJ*. The effect of nerve growth factor on supporting spatial memory depends upon hippocampal cholinergic innervations. Translational Psychiatry 2021 Mar 15;11(1):162
3. Chang S, Bok P, Tsai, CY, Sun CP, Liu H, Deussing  JM, Huang GJ*. NPTX2 is a key component in the regulation of anxiety. Neuropsychopharmacology 2018 Aug;43(9):1943-1953
4. Chang S, Bok P, Sun CP, Edwards A, Huang GJ*. Neuropsin inactivation has protective effects against depressive-like behaviours and memory impairment induced by chronic stress. PLoS Genetics 2016 Oct 4; 12(10): e1006356 
5. Tsai CY, Tsai CY, Arnold S, Huang GJ*. Ablation of hippocampal neurogenesis in mice impairs the response to stress during the dark cycle. Nature Communications 2015 Sep 29;6:8373. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9373. 
6. Cai N, et al., Molecular signatures of major depression. Current Biology 2015 May 4;25(9):1146-56. (co-senior author) 
7. Huang GJ, Smith AL, Gray DH, Cosgrove C, Singer BH, Edwards A, Sims S, Parent JM, Johnsen A,Mott R, Mathis D, Klenerman P, Benoist C, Flint J. A genetic and functional relationship between T-cells and cellular proliferation in the adult hippocampus. PLoS Biology 2010 Dec 14; 8(12):e1000561 
8. Huang GJ, Shifman S, Johannesson M, Yalcin B, Valdar W, Taylor J, Mott R, Flint J. High resolution mapping of expression QTLs in heterogeneous stock mice in multiple tissues. Genome Research 2009 Jun; 19(6):1133-40  
9. Arnold S, Huang GJ (equal contribution), Cheung A, Era T, Nishikawa SI, Bikoff E, Molnar E, Robertson E, Groszer M. The T-box transcription factor Tbr2/Eomes regulates neurogenesis in the cortical subventricular zone. Genes & Development 2008 Sep 15; 22(18):2479-84 
10. Huang GJ*, Bannerman D, Flint J. Chronic fluoxetine treatment alters behaviour, but not adult hippocampal neurogenesis, in BALB/cJ mice. Molecular Psychiatry 2008 Feb; 13, 119-121. 
11. Huang GJ, Herbert J. Stimulation of neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus of the adult rat by fluoxetine requires rhythmic change in corticosterone. Biological Psychiatry 2006 Apr 1; 59(7):619-24 
12. Huang GJ, Herbert J. Serotonin modulates the suppressive effects of corticosterone on proliferating progenitor cells in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus in the adult rat. Neuropsychopharmacology 2005 Feb 30:231-241